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Example Sentences

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No, she replied, describing instead how they “went crazy on the whiteboard” while Gates’s staff hovered outside the door.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Founded in 2017, Wayve is a pioneer in the development of AI embedded in vehicles, which learns from the environment by processing data from sensors instead of relying on pre-mapped routes.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Mehdi Taj, president of the Iran Football Federation, said two weeks ago that the training base would be in Mexico instead of Tucson.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

That’s why they prefer individual stocks in the S&P 500 instead of the broader market-cap-weighted large-cap index.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

The presenter, Jennifer, had labeled it taa’niil instead of tóshchíín.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith